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Duck and Mantis Play Go!
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 14 - and the first page of Episode 1
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November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 13 - an interlude
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A comic page. Duck and Mantis discuss animal-headed people in art, and furries
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 12 - that's the last page of the Prologue! There's a lot more to come, so stay tuned for Episode 1: "The Barbarians!"
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A comic panel. A raven peers in through a window
October 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Behind the scenes (zines??) at Lone Star Zine Fest, Day 1, where we were gifted this exceedingly lovely, non-bad duck
A photo of a table covered in zine stuff and buttons. A tiny pink duck sits on a square reader
October 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 11
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A comic page. Duck concedes the game. Mantis offers to review the game. We pan in on a window as they chat
October 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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If you're in Austin, check out the Lone Star Zine Fest this weekend! We'll be selling our very first color copies of Issue 1. Here's quality control hard at work #comix #zines
Trish, a brown tabby, checks a Duck and Mantis page for print quality and accuracy
October 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 10
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A comic page. A white raven and a black raven fly off a branch into the white space of the page.
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Finally remembered to take pics during the process! Pretty much every panel of Duck and Mantis is colored with watercolor and gouache. Which means lots of masking tape and quiet prayers. Lots and lots. #duckandmantisplaygo #comix #watercolor
September 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 9
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A comic page. Duck and Mantis consider the project in the middle of the page, surrounded by 4 panels. The first shows some kind of superhero dressed in green; the second a newspaper comic with cartoony duck and mantis characters; the third a high contrast image of a man; the fourth 2 ravens from the previous panel, upset at their treatment.
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 8
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A comic page. Duck talks about her raven story, the first story she ever wrote. A brief flashback shows young Duck writing at the computer. The panel pans out, showing her story world - two ravens, one white, one black in the trees. They're eavesdropping. Mantis says that completing the story was an accomplishment.
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 7
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A comic page. Mantis expands on his idea for the comic and prepares for his next move
September 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 6
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Mantis and Duck describe what the comic will be like. Duck panics internally at the idea of having to draw like comic master Moebius, who mocks her from the grave (but like, rightfully)
September 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Progress shot from the coloring process. Truly an important panel to highlight
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September 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 5
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A comic page. Duck and Mantis continue to play. Mantis threatens to capture a stone. Duck wonders to herself if it can be saved, then continues the conversation.
August 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The Mantis, the magician of the goban

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August 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 4
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A comic page. Duck recounts past attempts at collab comics, which begin with enthusiasm and end with doubt
August 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 3
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A comic - introducing the character of Duck
August 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 2
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A comic - introducing the character of Mantis
August 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! p. 1
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A comic page. Duck and Mantis prepare to start a game of go
July 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Duck and Mantis Play Go! Title page

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Title page for the comic Duck and Mantis Play Go. Duck and Mantis sit at a table with a 9x9 go mat and two bowls with go stones
July 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Coloring on the next episode is now underway! Here's a sneak peek
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A watercolor comic page in the process of being colored
July 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Photo outtake, featuring Theo
A photo of a cat sitting next to a blue coffee mug and a Duck button
July 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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So happy to have had the chance to hit up the US Go Congress this year! Thanks to everybody who took a button
#duckandmantis #comics #go #baduk
July 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Today's the launch day of our new webcomic, Duck and Mantis Play Go! Updates, sketches and other fun stuff will be posted here for those who want to follow along.

Go read the Prologue at duckandmantis.wordpress.com

#comics #webcomics #go #baduk
A cover for a comic, Duck and Mantis Play Go, featuring a humanoid duck and mantis falling amongst go stones
July 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM